The report maps disability inclusion coordination mechanisms across 31 humanitarian contexts, drawing on desk research, previous mapping exercises, OCHA coordination surveys, and interviews with key informants. It found that only 12 countries (39%) had active disability inclusion coordination mechanisms, while several previously established mechanisms had become inactive. The analysis explores governance arrangements, hosting structures, membership (including participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities), funding, objectives, activities, collaboration with humanitarian clusters, links to the Humanitarian Programme Cycle, and key operational challenges. The report concludes that disability coordination remains fragmented, under-resourced and inconsistently integrated into humanitarian architecture, and recommends five country case studies (Ukraine, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan and Bangladesh) to generate practical lessons for strengthening disability-inclusive coordination.
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- Cyclones, hurricanes & typhoons
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